Charged with enhancing the Forum’s image and outreach using various electronic communication tools.  Priorities this year included researching various components of social media and recommending how the role the Forum should use each of these outlets, developing a survey and making subsequent recommendations on how to improve the usability of the ASHP Connect Discussion Board, and maintaining relevant and contemporary information on the Forum’s Web page.

Charged with advancing the objectives set forth in strategic goal 2. The top priority for this year included developing a leadership journal club package that can be used by members to initiate this activity at their residency or practice site.

Charged with advancing the objectives set forth in strategic goal 3.   Priorities this year included discussing the role social media has in communicating with both members and potential members, developing strategies to increase the utilization of the ASHP Connect Discussion Board recognizing that this type of engagement can increase membership satisfaction, creating a presentation to be utilized by the ASHP Pharmacy Student Forum that highlights the benefits of transitioning to the New Practitioners Forum after graduation, and discussing the role the Forum should have in encouraging new practitioner involvement with state affiliates.

Charged with advancing the objectives set forth in strategic goal 1, specific to professional practice issues.  Priorities this year included developing a resource that outlines the new functionality and provides guidance in navigating the new PubMed, developing a resource that highlights key professional transitions made during the new practitioner years, collaborating with the Science and Research Advisory Group on an article outlining the steps to getting published, and developing a resource that provides guidance on establishing a new clinical service.

Charged with advancing the objectives set forth in strategic goal 4.  Priorities this year included providing education for new practitioners on how to get involved with advocacy activities at the state and national level, collaborating with the ASHP Government Affairs Division to encourage new practitioner involvement with PAC activities, exploring the role a new practitioner can have with student societies to influence student involvement with advocacy and legislative activites, and utilizing the ASHP Connect Discussion Board to engage new practitioners in timely discussion on healthcare policy issues. 

Charged with advancing the objectives set forth in strategic goal 1, specific to science and research issues.   Priorities this year included developing education for new practitioners on adaptive clinical trials, creating a statistics resource that is a useful and practical guide to assist in dissecting studies, and collaborating with the Professional Practice Advisory Group on an article outlining steps to getting published.